A rapid expansion of private security patrols on housing estates has left the public confused over who is supposed to be guarding them and their property, according to a Joseph Rowntree Foundation...
Consensus is emerging among the main political parties over the level of spending required to run Britain's public services effectively over the next decade.
Planners, police officers and local politicians alike need to have their skills honed at a new centre of excellence if the government's sustainable development targets are to be met.
Auditor general for Wales Sir John Bourn has praised management at the National Museums and Galleries of Wales for making progress in improving information on collections and works of art.
Gordon Brown's plans to make £20bn a year in efficiency savings by 2008 look shaky after official figures showed that Whitehall's administration costs last year went more than £1bn over budget.
The man wielding the axe over Whitehall showed his human side this week when he admitted he did not do everything he could have done to improve government procurement when he was the head of the...
Council-owned housing companies that pass their first inspections risk losing government funds if they fail subsequent checks, it was announced this week.
Transport ministers need to work harder to encourage local authorities and private firms to invest in light rail systems if the ten-year Transport Plan targets are to be met, government auditors said...
Auditors this week questioned the financial stability of up to 60% of NHS local delivery plans drawn up by health agencies throwing the sector's ability to deliver the government's flagship NHS...
Local authorities that defied government warnings to keep council tax increases to low single figures will be capped this year and an announcement confirming this is 'imminent', according to town...
Health Secretary John Reid this week sought to give fresh impetus to the independent sector treatment initiative with the announcement of the first major contracts for UK-based providers.
Scotland could lose up to 50% of European funding because of the enlargement of the European Union, the director of a leading university research centre has warned.
Three councillors have been suspended from meetings for rowdiness, following the Standards Commission for Scotland's first ruling on allegations of misconduct.
The government is to spend £16m on building four specialist units to separate teenage girl prisoners from adults, Home Secretary David Blunkett has announced.
The Conservatives have pledged to 'denationalise' local government and bring about the 'rebirth of local accountability' as part of a radical resettlement of the relationship between town halls and...
US outsourcing giant EDS has confirmed it has pulled out of bidding to become a partner in the NHS Shared Financial Services, but insisted it was still committed to working with other parts of the...
Some of the country's leading experts and political spokespeople on public finance will be gathering next week for a round-table debate on the government's July 2004 Spending Review.
Town hall leaders have published a manifesto for local government as part of a drive to exploit the growing debate over 'new localism' in the run-up to the next general election.
